Salmon Farming

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Intership has taken delivery of its second newbuild from Zamakona with the handover of the hybrid-powered, Salt-designed Inter Scotia.

2nd January 2024

New wellboat for Intership

2nd January 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A more positive production outlook is expected across the shrimp and fin-fish aquaculture sectors next year, according to the findings of the latest seafood industry survey conducted by Rabobank and the Global Seafood…

28th November 2023

Less turbulence, more optimism for aquaculture in 2024

28th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group is to supply one of its latest Triogen ozone generators to new salmon farm being developed in Chile by Cermaq.

21st November 2023

BIO-UV wins new salmon farm contract

21st November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following a consultation period, Scottish government has confirmed it will not be introducing Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) to 10% of the country’s seas.

7th November 2023

Scottish salmon industry relieved as HPMA plan is scrapped

7th November 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

GreenFox Marine AS has had its Norwegian patent application for automatic sex sorting of farmed fish approved, with the expectation that the solution can help improve conditions for fish at hatcheries and…

7th November 2023

Patent given to farmed fish automatic sex sorter

7th November 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming companies in Scotland have dramatically reduced antibiotic medicine use by more than half in the space of a year, according to a new UK government report. 

6th November 2023

Scotland’s salmon farmers slash antibiotics usage

6th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

High value mackerel from Irish waters should be used for human consumption in Ireland, and not utlised as an animal feed ingredient in other countries, the country’s fishing industry has insisted ahead…

31st October 2023

Fishers insist mackerel shouldn’t go to animal feeds

31st October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Farmed wolffish could start appearing on fish counters – offering consumers a new variety of tasty whitefish – but it does require somewhat different farming conditions from that of salmon, finds a new thesis from the University of…

31st October 2023

Farmed wolffish – a future alternative to salmon?

31st October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi achieved a company-wide salmon harvest of 135,000 tonnes in the third-quarter of this year, representing a volume increase of 1,000 tonnes compared with the corresponding period of 2022.

18th October 2023

Mowi’s Q3 harvest edges up, earnings drop

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture digital platform Aquafacts has introduced a new feature called “Historical track” that assists salmon companies in verifying invoices from vessel operators.

18th October 2023

Aquafacts delivers tool to support salmon farm invoicing

18th October 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Lovund, Norway-based salmon farmer Nova Sea AS has implemented Maritech Purchase & Sales, a cloud solution tailored to support processes throughout the global seafood value chain. 

17th October 2023

Salmon farmer Nova Sea partners with Maritech

17th October 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Improving the sustainability, efficiency, productivity and growth of players in the blue food space, particularly in the aquaculture sector, through the application of digital technologies such as AI and data analytics is…

11th October 2023

Transforming blue food through connectivity and integration

11th October 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Bakkafrost Scotland, the 24-metre Turas A ’Bhradain is the first of a tailor-made pair of vessels designed to carry out a range of tasks from carrying general cargo to conducting…

10th October 2023

Macduff delivers aquaculture workboat

10th October 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Atlantic salmon farmer Bakkafrost Group harvested a total 20,800 tonnes of head-on gutted (HOG) weight fish in the third-quarter of this year, with reduced volumes for the period from both its Faroese…

5th October 2023

Lower Q3 salmon harvest for Bakkafrost, feed sales down

5th October 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farmers in Scotland harvested 169,194 tonnes of fish in 2022, with the volume representing an 18 percent decrease on the previous year, finds a new report from Scottish Government.

4th October 2023

Scotland’s farmed salmon production tails off

4th October 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Proximar Seafood AS has through its subsidiary, Proximar Ltd, taken ownership of the entire fish farming facility in Oyama, Japan. 

20th September 2023

Proximar takes full control of Japanese facility

20th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Establishing Scotland as an international leader in the use of technology for responsible fisheries management and improving the policy and regulatory framework for the expansion of sustainable aquaculture are among the key…

6th September 2023

Scotland sets out new fisheries, aquaculture objectives

6th September 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Boston-based aquaculture tech company Innovasea has extended its AI-driven biomass estimation tool BiomassPro for use with Atlantic salmon.

23rd August 2023

Innovasea adds Atlantic salmon algorithm to biomass solution

23rd August 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-based aquaculture company Andfjord Salmon is rapidly advancing with the expansion of its facility at Kvalnes, Andøya, Norway, with the company reporting that the summer months saw successful preparatory efforts and the…

23rd August 2023

Andfjord Salmon expansion in full swing

23rd August 2023

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Land-raised salmon company Atlantic Sapphire ASA, together with its subsidiaries, harvested a total volume of approximately 400 tonnes of head-on-gutted (HOG) fish in the three months that ended 30 June 2023. This…

8th August 2023

Atlantic Sapphire addresses biomass shortfall

8th August 2023